Improved capstan for working beater hay-presses



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER K. DEDERIOK, OF ALBANY, NEWT YORK, ASSIGNOR TO LEVI DEDER- IGK AND PETER K. DEDERIOK, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVED CAPSTAN FOR WORKING BEATER HAY-PRESSES.

Specitication forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,678, dated August 29, 1865.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, PETER K. DEDERIGK, ot the city and county of Albany, State of New York, haveinvented au Improved Oapstan for W'orking Beater Hay-Presses, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following description and accompanying drawings are su dicient lio enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention or improvements without further invention or experiment.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the above-mentioned drawings, Figure 1 is a pian of my improved capstan. Fig. 2is a sectional elevation ofthe same.

In these drawings, A A are the sills ot the frame, connected by the bars B, O, D, and E E', and the two latter are perforated for the shaft F ot' the capstan to turn in, as shown in Fig. 2.

On the shaft F, between the bars E E', the pulley G is fastened, to wind the rope that works the follower to compress the bale by means of toggle-levers orother devices, accortiing to the construction ofthe press worked.

The pulley H is tted to turn freely on the shaft F, above the bar E, and the lever l is also fitted to turn freely on the shaft F, above thepulley H, on which it rests, and the clutchpulley J, above the lever I, is keyed or otherwise fastened rmly to the shaft F. The lever I has a hook, K, near the end, to which the animal is hitched to draw the leveraronnd and operate the capstan The sliding bolt L is arranged to traverse in a niortise through the lever I, and is supported near each end by a hasp or staple, and is worked by the lever M, with its fulcrum on a pin in the stands N N fastened to the lever I. When the bolt L is slid ont from the shaft it catches the stop Pon the pulleyH and turns the pulley by the lever; but when it is slid in toward the shaft it strikes the stops Q Q on the clutch-pulley J, and turns the shat't F and pulley Gr to wind the rope and operate the follower ot the press to be worked.

The pulley H has two grooves, R and S, in its periphery, and the metal strap T is made to work freely around the pulley in the groove It, and has the rope U fastened .to it to raise the beater of the press, the rope U passing over the pulley V on the bar B and around such other pulleys as will conduct it to the beater the rope U and raise the beating-block which is to beat down the hay in the press. When the lever IV is carried around' to the inclined plane X it is raised by the inclined pla-ne out ot the notch a in the strap, to release the strap Aand let it slip around and drop the beateronto the hayin the press and beat it down, the rope U drawing the strap around on the pulley. IVhen the lever \V passes the inclined plane it drops onto the strap T until iteomes to the notch a, when it again locks the strap to the pulley to raise the beater and repeat the operation.

The inclined plane X is fastened to the bar O. There are some pieces put on top of the ends ot' the bar B, and the barB is put on the pieces, and bolts pass down through both bars and pieces to fasten them to the sills A A.

The pulley V is arranged between the bars 13B/,and turns on a pin passing down through the bars and pulley.

The frietion-strap b surrounds the pulley H in the groove S, with one end fastened to the pin c in the lever I and the other end fastened to the crank (I, which turns in the lever I, and is worked by the lever j', above the lever I. This strap may be used to check the motion ot' the pulley H when it is desirable to do so for any purpose. f

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent, is follows:

l. The arrangementot' theloose pulley-wheel H, with the belt or strap T surrounding it, in the manner and for the purpose specied.

2. The locking-bar W, passing through the rim ot' the wheel H and operating in connection with the notch a in strap or baud T, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

3. The combination of the inclined plane X, the notched strap, thelocking-bar L, arranged as and for the purpose specitied.

et. The bolt L, arranged so as to lock the lever I alternately to the pulley H and the clutch-pulley J and disconnect either or both by moving the hand-lever.

PETER K. DEDERIGK.

lVitnesses O. R. DEDEEICK, LEVI DEDEEICE. 

